Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A Few Words Learned from NYTimes

stuck-up - Snobbish; conceited.

A stuffed shirt - someone, especially a man, who behaves in a formal, old-fashioned way and thinks he is very important.

I knew he was a banker and expensively educated so I was expecting him to be a stuffed shirt.

low-ball - To underestimate or understate (a cost) deliberately

He often took illegal cash payments from developers in return for low-balling the cost of construction and renovation work.

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